Guest in Zwolle nestbox

[jeanne]

I misread the word "guest" and thought it said "Quest"-- no lie!!!  I almost jumped off the couch

[Aafke]

Peregrine Falcon in Zwolle, it's a webcam picture of yesterday. And a webcam picture of today, with even more snow. This peregrine never  spend the night in the nestbox.

http://www.werkgroepslechtvalk.nl/ccms.104.Werkgroepslechtvalk.LIVE-BEELDEN.html

  greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

Peregrine outside the nestbox.
greetings Aafke

[Donna]

Peregrine outside the nestbox.
greetings Aafke

   yay

[Aafke]

This Magpie is visiting the falcon/Egyptian Goose nestbox.
  greetings Aafke

[Wing Goose]

Hi Aafke,
I have never seen a magpie with a black-beak before.  I live in the Sacramento Valley (and the San Joaquin Valley) where all we have are yellow-billed magpies.  They are a beautiful bird with their irridescent (sp?) black color.
   Lola

   
not quite a magpie
 

[Falconatic1]

Hi, Lola!  I live just over the hill from you, in Reno, Nevada, and all we have up here are black-billed magpies.  There are several who hang around outside my office.  It wasn't until I went to the Flyway Festival in Vallejo, and took a tour of a rehab facility at Fairfield that I ever saw your yellow-billed magpies.  Such a short distance, and such a big difference!!

Debbie Z

[Wing Goose]

Hi Debbie,
That is surprising about the black-billed magpie.  I go to Reno a couple of times a year and I don't believe that I ever saw one.  I have seen yellow-billed magpies at South Shore at Lake Tahoe.  It is odd that the yellow-billed have never breached the crest of the Sierra.
Lola

This is my second time answering your note.  I don't know what happened to the first one.  I pushed a button and it disappeared.  I am sure it will show up somewhere.

[Judi]

Hi Lola and Debbie,

Would you believe the only place in the world where you can find yellow-billed magpies is where Lola lives?  Yep...it's true!

Judi

 

[Wing Goose]

Hi Judi,
Thanks for  the confirmation on the yellow-billed magpie and its living area.  I have always felt special to have a bird that is only common in the Sacramento area.  I rarely get to see a rare bird and to discover that the y-b magpie is unique to our area.  Sometimes it is hard to believe when they are in the trees by the tens of them and they are all telling their story at once.  Kind of like crows.
Lola
 

[Aafke]

And there are 2 falcons in the Zwolle webcam at this moment!!!!

http://www.werkgroepslechtvalk.nl/ccms.104.Werkgroepslechtvalk.LIVE-BEELDEN.html

greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

Ready for eggs?
The bird was laying down for a long time, it's possible that when there are eggs we cannot see them.
greetings Aafke

[Tine]

Hi All
Zwolle had a 1th egg at march 11th.
Maybe a second is there.
Hope is that the male will shuffle them a bit so we can see them

Tine

[Donna]

Eggs are popping up every where!

[Donna]

Tilburg 1st egg